Practical AI Assistant Course access

A hands-on beginner course

Build an AI assistant that stays under your control.

Learn how to build a practical desktop assistant around an existing local model, with carefully bounded tools, private memory, and tests that prove what it will—and will not—do. This course is about building an assistant, not training a model from scratch.

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Both editions teach the core ideas for a capable, safety-conscious local assistant. The full course goes deeper and guides you through the build.

Complete guided build

Full course

$650 USD

Eight in-depth lessons with step-by-step build tasks, tested runnable examples, reflection, and completion checks.

  • Build a local assistant prototype
  • Practice with three interactive quizzes and an applied safety simulation
  • Test and plan a responsible release

Shorter introduction

Essentials

$250 USD

Four focused lessons combine all eight core topics, with fictional-data examples, practical exercises, and short knowledge checks.

  • Understand the architecture and connect an existing local model
  • Cover tools, memory, voice, and remote access
  • Practice with the three interactive quizzes

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Essentials is a concise orientation, not a complete build walkthrough. Both editions include the three interactive quizzes; the Full course adds the applied safety simulation, step-by-step implementation guidance, runnable reference examples, extended troubleshooting, and guided release planning.

Designed for beginners

No prior programming experience is assumed. The Full course uses fictional data and tested, runnable examples; both editions explain what must be reviewed before exposing a service to the internet.

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